Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-04-22
West Virginia Notes.

Col. Robert Campbell, wealthy and
public-spirited citizen of Wheeling, died
last week.
Six prisoners escaped from the Charles
ton Jail last week by tunneling through
the walls. They were afterwards recap
tured.
A fire at Wheeling on Monday de-
stroyed the box factory Of Hale q
Stalnaker, causing loss Of $2O, 900. In
surance, $ll 900.
The body of John Basore, an inoffen-
sive old farmer, was found dead near
the store of Joseph Matthias, on Upper
Lost river, Hardy county. few days
ago, with the skull crushed in. he died
few hours later. Matthias says Basore
walked off the store porch during the
night and fell distance OF several feet
on his head, thus receiving fatal inJu-
ries.
A syndicate composed of Senator
Camden, C.. ii. Shattuck, A. u. Jackson,
WIN. II. Wolfe, S. S. Stone and others,
of Par kersburg, has been formed TO bore
at once for natural gas in that vicinity.
A we'll $500 feet deep will be put down
if necessary Oh the little Kanawha, just
above the city's limits. Parke:sburg
has natural gas within eighteen miles
on three sides, and there is sufficient De-
lief that it can be found nearer home to
Justify company representing over
81 900, 900 to 90 into the scheme.
Judge Jackson, of the United States
Court, has decided the important land
case of Caperton and others against
Rich and others, by which the heirs OF
the Hon. Allen II. Caperton are put in
possession CT 1000 acres of land in
Webster county. As long ago as 1851
large tracts of land in Webster and
other counties bad been permitted TO
drop from the commissioners books. In
1860 John b. Shreves formed a plan,
which the court condemned as illegal
and censured the State officers for hav-
ing favored it, by which he got posses
sion of these lands. This suit was Tor
the purpose of disposscssing the holders
of this Caperton tract who obtained it
from Shreves.
A dispatch from Charleston says:
''The Kanawha and Richmond Railroad
Company has been organized here with
the following officers VIM. 5. Edwards,
of this city, president; Emmons Blaine,
Chicago, vice-president; c. +. Pechin,
Cleveland, second vice-preSident; NAL
colin jackson, this city, secretary; G.
Ii. Merrill, Chicago, VIM. A. Quarter,
Frank Woodman, Neil Robinson and
Webster ID. Smith, directors. The road
is to be built from this city south, con-
Meeting with the Richmond and Ale
p'Iauy. Norfolk and Western and Rich
mond and Danville system, opening up
the great iron ore and coke fields OF the
VirginaS to the north and northwest"
A dispatch from Petersburg says:
"Shippers and merchants in the interior
of the ) ate are finding much TO COM
mend in the workings of the int. state
commerce law. As compared with the
old rates for the various classes of
freight the ones under the new order of
things are much more TO their liking.
AS an example between the old system
and the new are the following figures:
The old rates on lumber from Baltimore
to Grafton was lG12 cents, while the
new is ~; Oh carload of cattle there is
difference of $l5 in favor of the present
rates On the different classes of freight
there is Inference of 20 cents per 100
pounds in the first class; Is cents ia the
second class, - cents in the third class
and III cents in the fourth class. This
saving in freight will amount TO large
sums annually, and furnish strong
stimulus for manufactures"
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